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Meningoencefalitis eosinofílica por Angiostrongylus cantonensis

Archivos de Neurociencias, 2020
Angiostrongylus cantonensis (A. cantonensis) es un helminto que constituye la principal causa de meningoencefalitis eosinofílica en el mundo y endémica en muchas partes del mundo. El objetivo de este trabajo es revisar la literatura publicada sobre el tema sobre el diagnóstico y tratamiento de la enfermedad que ocasiona, la fisiopatología de la ...
Alejandro Ramos-Robledo, Christian Meijides-Mejías, Rolando Zamora-Fung, Alberto Juan Dorta-Contreras   +3 more
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Fatal neural angiostrongyliasis in the Bolivian squirrel monkey (Saimiri boliviensis boliviensis) leading to defining Angiostrongylus cantonensis risk map at a zoo in Australia

One Health, 2023
Neural angiostrongyliasis (NA) is a parasitic disease caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis (rat lungworm). This study presents a case of NA in a captive Bolivian squirrel monkey from a zoo in western Sydney, Australia.
Phoebe Rivory, Kresen Pillay, Rogan Lee, David Taylor, Michael P. Ward, Jan Šlapeta   +5 more
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Angiostrongylus cantonensis in a Red Ruffed Lemur at a Zoo, Louisiana, USA

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2022
A red ruffed lemur (Varecia rubra) from a zoo in Louisiana, USA, was euthanized for worsening paresis. Brain and spinal cord histology identified eosinophilic meningoencephalomyelitis with intralesional adult Angiostrongylus sp. nematodes.
Jessica Rizor, Ryan A. Yanez, T. Thaiwong, M. Kiupel   +3 more
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Preliminary expression profile of cytokines in brain tissue of BALB/c mice with Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection [PDF]

, 2015
BACKGROUND: Angiostrongylus cantonensis (A. cantonensis) infection can result in increased risk of eosinophilic meningitis. Accumulation of eosinophils and inflammation can result in the A.
Jie Wei, Lian Xu, Liping Yu, Qi Liao, Siqi Luo, Xiaoying Wu, Xin Zeng, Yi Zhao, Zhiyue Lv, Zhongdao Wu   +9 more
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Angiostrongylus cantonensis: Lesions in Brain and Spinal Cord [PDF]

The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2010
A 13-year-old boy had a one-month history of left upper limb numbness and headache, and a 20-day history of intermittent fever. He had eaten an inadequately cooked Pomacea canaliculata, an intermediate host of Angiostrongylus cantonensis, 35 days earlier. Blood count analysis showed 7.52 × 109 leukocytes/L with 18.3% eosinophils (0.5–5%).
Erhu Jin, Chenghong Yin, Zongli Diao
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Meningitis and Radiculomyelitis Caused byAngiostrongylus cantonensis

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2009
We report a case of eosinophilic meningitis and lumbosacral myeloradiculopathy caused by A. cantonensis and present a review of cases of A. cantonensis infections from Europe.
Davorka Lukas, Marta Perović, Adriana Vince, Josip Begovac, Paron Dekumyoy, Tomislav Maretić   +5 more
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An Interesting Case of Eosinophilic Meningitis [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2013
Angiostrongylus cantonensis is one of the causative agents of eosinophilic meningitis. Humans get infected when they ingest raw or partially cooked snails or monitor lizards (Varanus bengalensis). There is a popular belief that the tongue and the liver
Shivanand Pai, Deepak Madi, Basavaprabhu Achappa, Soundarya Mahalingam, Rakshith Kendambadi   +4 more
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TNF-α Triggers RIP1/FADD/Caspase-8-Mediated Apoptosis of Astrocytes and RIP3/MLKL-Mediated Necroptosis of Neurons Induced by Angiostrongylus cantonensis Infection

Cellular and molecular neurobiology, 2021
Angiostrongylus cantonensis (AC) can cause severe eosinophilic meningitis or encephalitis in non-permissive hosts accompanied by apoptosis and necroptosis of brain cells.
Hongli Zhou, Minyu Zhou, Yue Hu, Yanin Limpanon, Yubin Ma, Ping Huang, P. Dekumyoy, W. Maleewong, Z. Lv   +8 more
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Autochthonous Angiostrongylus cantonensis, Angiostrongylus vasorum and Aelurostrongylus abstrusus infections in native terrestrial gastropods from the Macaronesian Archipelago of Spain

Parasitology Research, 2021
The presence of zoonotic relevant Angiostrongylus cantonensis infections has recently been reported in rat final hosts and gastropod intermediate hosts in Tenerife, Spain. However, data on A.
Lisa Segeritz, Alejandro Cardona, A. Taubert, C. Hermosilla, A. Ruiz   +4 more
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First records of molluscs naturally infected with Angiostrongylus cantonensis (Nematoda: Metastrongyloidea) in Northeastern Brazil, including new global records of natural intermediate hosts

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2018
Human neural angiostrongyliasis is an emerging infectious disease caused by nematode Angiostrongylus cantonensis. The present study investigated the presence of Angiostrongylus spp.
Jucicleide Ramos-de-Souza, Silvana Carvalho Thiengo, Monica Ammon Fernandez, Suzete Rodrigues Gomes, Jéssica Corrêa Antônio, Marianna de Carvalho Clímaco, Juberlan Silva Garcia, Arnaldo Maldonado-Junior, Luciene Barbosa, Silvio Santana Dolabella   +9 more
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